September 20, 2018 – Shirshobindu

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Tensions flare over Russian jat downing

His intervention risks provoking fresh tensions a day after Moscow and Tel Aviv moved to de-escalate a row that threatened to build into a military confrontation. This unfortunate incident was the result of Israeli arrogance and depravity, the Syrian leader said, offering his condolences in a letter to his Russian counterpart for the death of 15 Russian crew members killed in the incident over Syria on Monday. We are determined that such tragic events will sway neither you nor us from continuing the fight against terrorism, he continued in the letter published by the official Sana agency. The Russian plane was shot down by Syria's Russian-made S-200 air defence system and all aboard were killed on Tuesday. The Russian military has accused Israeli pilots of using t...

Trump told Spain to build a wall

Donald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackle the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his his most famous policies and building a wall across the Sahara desert, the country’s foreign minister has revealed. According to Josep Borrell, the US president brushed off the scepticism of Spanish diplomats who pointed out that the Sahara stretches for 3,000 miles saying: The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico. Trump wooed voters in the 2016 election with his promise to build a big, beautiful wall across the US/Mexico border, which is roughly 2,000 miles long. A similar plan in the Sahara, however, would be complicated by the fact that Spain now holds only two small enclaves in north Africa Ceuta and Melilla and such a wall would ...

UK prisons chief to be replaced amid epidemic of violence in jails

Michael Spurr, chief executive of HM Prisons and Probation (HMPP), has tendered his resignation after the permanent secretary decided that it was the right time to ask a new chief executive to take on this important role. He will be leaving at the end of March 2019, after 35 years in the service and nearly nine years leading it. It comes after inspectors found conditions in prisons across England and Wales to be the worse they had ever seen as authorities failed to take action over high levels of violence, self-harm and drug use. Announcing the decision, permanent secretary of HMPP Richard Heaton said: Michael's leadership has been exemplary. But we now need to look ahead, building on Michael's work and developing a strategy for the next decade. Justice secretary ...

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